NEW GALLERY SPACES OPENING IN 2016

In December 2016, our fourth floor will be transformed into a new destination for historical education and innovation. During the current renovation, objects from our permanent collection are on view throughout the Museum.

Museum Collection Highlights

Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform

Date:

1942-1945

Object Number:

1946.89a-c

Medium:

Wool, silk, metal

Related People:

Artist/Maker:Saks Fifth Avenue

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Gift of Miss M. Gertrude Deavenport, in memory of her mother and sister

Object Number

1954.40

Marks

engraved: cipher in the center: "F C" in foliate script
engraved: on the base: "1763"
stamped: on the base: "P" in gothic script i a shield, lion passant in a rectangle, leopard's head crowned in a shield, "E * C" in a rectangle

Gallery Label

This waiter belonged to the Fee family of Barbados, West Indies.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.